Jynx Ruficollis Bird

English Name:  Rufous-necked Wryneck
Latin Name:  Jynx ruficollis
Protonym:  Jynx ruficollis Nat.Syst.Amphibien p.118,note
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Jynx
Taxonomy Code:  runwry1
Type Locality:  Kaffirland =z Uitenhage, eastern Cape Province.
Author:  Wagler
Publish Year:  1830
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

JYNX
(Picidae; Ϯ Eurasian Wryneck J. torquilla) L. iynx, iyngis  wryneck  < Gr. ιυγξ iunx, ιυγγος iungos  wryneck, a bird wrought large in ancient superstition, especially as a charm to bring back a strayed lover (the unfortunate bird being tied to a length of string and whirled around)  < ιυζω iuzō  to shout  < ιυ iu  exclamation of surprise (cf. Gr. myth. Iynx, one of the Pierides, who, having failed to best the Muses in a singing contest, was transformed into a bird; in former times it was not a good idea to challenge the Muses!); "53. JYNX.  Rostrum teretiusculum, acuminatum.  Nares concavæ.  Lingua teres, lumbriciformis, longissima, apice mucronata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Jynx Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 112. Type, by monotypy, Jynx torquilla Linné." (Peters 1948, VI, 86). Linnaeus's Jynx comprised a single species. 
Var. Inx, Iunx, Iynx, Junx, Ynx, Yunx, Yunz.
Synon. Torquilla.

jynx
L. iynx, iyngis  wryneck  < Gr. ιυγξ iunx, ιυγγος iungos  wryneck (syn. Jynx torquilla).

ruficollis
Mod. L. ruficollis  red-necked, rufous-necked  < L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Black-bellied Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euneornis campestris).
● ex “Pica flores pecho de cañela” and “Pica flores pecho de topacio” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 290, 291 (syn. Hylocharis chrysura).
● ex "Cola aguda cola de canela obscura" of de Azara, no. 240 (syn. Phacellodomus sibilatrix).
● ex “Red-necked Grebe” of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Pyrrhulagra violacea).
● ex “Fringilla ruficollis” of Lichtenstein MS (syn. Sporophila ruficollis).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-necked Wryneck (Rufous-necked)
Latin Name: Jynx ruficollis ruficollis
ruficollis
Mod. L. ruficollis  red-necked, rufous-necked  < L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Black-bellied Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euneornis campestris).
● ex “Pica flores pecho de cañela” and “Pica flores pecho de topacio” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 290, 291 (syn. Hylocharis chrysura).
● ex "Cola aguda cola de canela obscura" of de Azara, no. 240 (syn. Phacellodomus sibilatrix).
● ex “Red-necked Grebe” of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Pyrrhulagra violacea).
● ex “Fringilla ruficollis” of Lichtenstein MS (syn. Sporophila ruficollis).

Rufous-necked Wryneck (Bar-throated)
Latin Name: Jynx ruficollis pulchricollis
pulchricollis
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.

Rufous-necked Wryneck (Ethiopian)
Latin Name: Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis
aequatoriale / aequatorialis
Late L. aequatorialis  equatorial  < aequator  equator  < L. aequare  to make equal  < aequus  equal. Frequently given to species with a distribution in the equatorial latitudes of Africa (e.g. subsp. Jynx ruficollis, Sheppardia), but more commonly applied to birds from Ecuador (Spanish ecuador  equator) (e.g. Momotus, Thamnistes, Xiphorhynchus).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= Panama City) (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= interior of Ecuador) (subsp. Falco sparverius).
● Erroneous TL. Ecuador (= Bahia, Brazil) (syn. Heliothryx aurita auriculata).
● Erroneous TL. Bogotá (= San Lucas, Ecuador) (subsp. Rallus limicola).